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BEAUFORT/A9-555


Bristol/DAP Beaufort


Serial #: A9-555 Construction #: - Civil Registration: None Model(s): Beaufort Mk. VIII Name: None Status: Restoration Last Info: 2007

History:
Delivered to Royal Australian AF as A9-555, 19??.
- BOC: January 4, 1944.
- SOC: June 15, 1945.
- Crashed after take-off, Tadji strip, Papua-New Guinea, March 21, 1945.
- Converted to components, 1945.
David C. Tallichet/Yesterdays Air Force/MARC, Chino, CA, circa 1974-2003.
- QH-S marked hulk recovered from Tadji for Yesterdays Air Force, circa 1974.
- Stored dismantled in MARC (Military Aircraft Restoration Company) compund, Chino, CA, 1990-2003.
Graham Kilsby/Bristol Heritage Collection, Clifton-Hassel Field, TN, circa 1999-2007.
- Under restoration, incorporating parts of Beaufort/A9-182.



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